Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 3:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 3:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 3:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, God was happy with Solomon because he asked for something good. Solomon did not ask for riches or a long life; he wanted wisdom to be a good king.

1 Kings 3:10: And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

Contradiction with Psalm 5:4

God does not take pleasure in wickedness, whereas 1 Kings 3:10 suggests God was pleased with Solomon's request.

Psalm 5:4: For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8

God's thoughts and ways are not like man's, yet 1 Kings 3:10 shows God aligning with Solomon's request.

Isaiah 55:8: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with James 4:3

Asking and not receiving because of wrong motives contrasts with Solomon's request being pleasing.

James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:26

While God gives wisdom and knowledge to those who please Him, He assigns gathering and collecting to the sinner, opposite to the good reputation built by Solomon in 1 Kings 3:10.

Ecclesiastes 2:26: For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. [in his...: Heb. before him]

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:25

The way that seems right to a man leads to death, contrasting with Solomon’s request being right in God's eyes.

Proverbs 16:25: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
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